Pastrami at Katz’s
Two Sunday's ago was spent drinking beers and watching football in the East Village. It was a happy day- none of my teams are in the playoffs so I couldn't get upset at the end and Arizona halted Philadelphia from possibly winning both of sports greatest achievements in one year. so all was good with the world. After multiple beers we decided it was time for some serious food. And by serious food I mean Katz’s delicatessen. Katz’s is a NYC institution known most famously from the orgasm scene in When Harry met Sally. It is also well known however for its Pastrami sandwich. Now I have never been a big fan of pastrami. The first time I ever had it was about 5 years ago at a work function.. One of those crappy midtown lunch kind of places brought in a bunch of sandwiches and I ended up with the pastrami. It was cold, dry and pretty much tasted like a peppery piece of ham. I was not impressed. I’ve had it a few more times since then and the result was usually the same so I kind of